http://www.osnews.com/story/20819/Short_Firefox_3_1_Beta_2_New_Feature_List Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:21:53 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?344744 http://osnews.com/thread?344744 How is the first browser to natively support video in a truly integrated and cross platform way a 'small feature'? Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jaduncan) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?344750 http://osnews.com/thread?344750 In user experience its a small feature, because with flash you already got that (from a user point of view). Instead of just installing firefox you have to install firefox and flash. Big deal.
However, I'm thrilled about this news. But just ogg theora? I think it will only be used if it is something other browsers will support too, and I don't see IE supporting ogg. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (panzi) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?344752 http://osnews.com/thread?344752 Really, can you see Microsoft supporting any other format besides the one they created and push?? I'm just happy Firefox is taking the first step in making something like this happen, every little bit helps push something along. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (nathbeadle) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?344836 http://osnews.com/thread?344836 If all other browsers start supporting it, websites could start using it, too, and eventually, one day, Microsoft will have to support it, too. Windows 7 already supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 ASP/H.264 video, which is an incredible breakthrough, considering the desperate lack of multimedia capabilities in the previous Windows versions. So supporting Theora and Vorbis in IE could be another step, supported by the constantly declining IE market share (that is, Microsoft cannot dictate its own standards anymore, it is forced to follow others). Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (J. M.) Comments